What Are The Functions Of F1 to F12 keyboard Keys

Functions of F1 to F12 keyboard keys

These keys F1 to F12 present on our keyboard, are commonly known as function keys. These keys F1 to F12 have variety of different uses for those who knows or no use at all, for those who doesn’t.

Depending on the operating system and the software program currently open, determines how each of these keys operate. A program is capable of not only using each of the function keys, but also combination of the function keys with the ALT or CTRL key. As an example, Windows users can press ALT + F4 to close the program currently active.

LIST OF COMMON FUNTIONS OF F1 to F12 Keyboard Keys:

Below is a list of some of the common functions of F1 to F12 keyboard keys. But we should remember that not all programs support function keys. Besides may perform different tasks then those mentioned below.

F1

Almost always used as the help key, almost every program opens a help screen when this key is pressed.

Enter CMOS Setup in some PCs.

Windows Key + F1 to open the Microsoft Windows help and support center.

F2

Enable Renaming a highlighted icon, file, folder in all versions of Windows.

F11

Ctrl + F11 during boot up to access the hidden recovery partition on many Dell computers.

Access the hidden recovery partition Lenovo computers.

With Mac OS 10.4 or later hides all open windows and shows the Desktop.

F12

Opens the Save as window in Microsoft Word.

Shift + F12 saves the Microsoft Word document.

Ctrl + Shift + F12 to print a document in Microsoft Word.

Open Firebug extension of Firefox and Google Chrome.

Shows or hides the Dashboard on an Apple running Mac OS 10.4 or later

These are some of the Functions of F1 to F12 keyboard keys. As mentioned earlier some programs (software) may not support these. Functions of these function Keys depends on the operating system installed and also the program running on the system.

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